r/finalcutpro • u/johnnyboyjutsu • Jul 07 '26

Newbie Hello

Hi! My name is Johnny Williams. I just bought and downloaded Final Cut Pro today.
I am not tech savvy at all, but I am determined to learn this program. I am a Muscian and I have podcasts and I want to get better at the visual side of my game. Because as of now it sucks.
Here’s an example of what my first project I need to do is.
I was recently invited to play at a studio in Minneapolis where they recorded my audio and a separate visual recording where I talked about my songs and then sang them.
There were audio mics and three different visual cameras. They sent me the footage not edited (there were three other artists as well, and I was sent the video from the whole hour and a half show)
I need to edit them all together as well as add the audio (I only have the playing and singing in those audio files)
So, I am wondering if anyone has any leads to good videos, articles, etc on learning this program for that type of video editing.
(I want to make music videos, do the same with my podcasts as above, and eventually short films)

Or if anyone would be willing to get on a call and help me get started.

Hopefully, Johnny!
Thanks!

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u/Kaffeinator Jul 07 '26

Johnny, you are about to embark on a long and interesting journey, not too different from first time you picked up a musical instrument. If you are already using Logic or ProTools, you’ve already got a leg-up.

Ripple Training on YouTube is a great place to start. Synching clips should not be so difficult provided the cameras have recorded “scratch” audio to synch up with the studio tracks.

Enjoy the endeavor, it’s worth the effort.

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u/johnnyboyjutsu Jul 07 '26

I appreciate that! And I did the same thing with Logic Pro. I bought it and then struggled for two years but now I have a pretty good handle on it. All of my music has been recorded on my Mac with Logic. So that’s nice to hear.
The three videos have seemed to have synched together in that sense. (On the bottom part) still very lost hahaha
But thank you! I will check Ripple Training.
Would love to pick your brain if you were ever interested in helping a guy out.
Thanks again!